New results from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope atop Siding Spring Mountain in Australia confirm that dark energy (represented by purple grid) is a smooth, uniform force that now dominates over the effects of gravity (green grid). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

An Australian-based astronomy team, co-led by Professor Michael Drinkwater from the School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) at The University of Queensland (UQ), has shown that the mysterious ‘dark energy’ is indeed real and not a mistake in...

19 May 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

A talented new team of young scientists and engineers at The University of Queensland (UQ) is building a hypersonic scramjet which will fly at 8600 km/h in South Australia next year.

13 May 2011

It is with great regret that The University of Queensland Physician Assistant Studies Program, offered through the School of Medicine will not be admitting any more students.

11 May 2011
Award winners: From left, Lachlan Day, Ruth Grant, Rosalind Meineke, Genevieve Denny, Nicola Stromsoe, Zena Foale-Banks and Meredith Hartigan.

UQ's School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management celebrated the outstanding achievements of its students at its annual Prize Ceremony recently.

3 May 2011
UQ students Rebecca Upton and Eva Kiriakoff (left and centre) with Uniquest's Suzanne Brangwin and Mel Dunn

A new internship program is helping University of Queensland students work with vulnerable communities overseas.

28 April 2011
Professor Jeff Coombes and student prize recipient Vanessa Cavallaro at the awards night

UQ’s School of Human Movement Studies celebrated the outstanding achievements of its top teachers and students at its annual awards night recently.

19 April 2011

UQ health researchers have joined with the directors of Queensland’s leading medical research institutes to speak out against significant funding cuts to medical research foreshadowed in the upcoming Federal Budget.

12 April 2011

Blasting the myth that explosion experts can only destroy, Professor David Cliff has been appointed as the new director of the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at The University of Queensland.

3 April 2011

Job security, flexible hours, and relaxed rules about mobile phone use at work are what Gen Y staff members want from their employers, according to University of Queensland research.

31 March 2011
Sportswoman of the Year Danielle Prince receives her award from Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield. Image: Chris Marr

The UQ sporting community recognised last year’s outstanding contributors at the Annual Blues & Sports Awards Dinner last Friday.

31 March 2011

In humans, regeneration of the peripheral nervous system after injury remains a hit-or-miss affair, while brain and spinal cord damage usually results in lifelong disabilities.

30 March 2011

UQ scientists have found sunflower proteins and their processing machinery are hijacked to make rogue protein rings in a discovery that could open the door to cheaper, plant-based drug manufacturing.

21 March 2011
The team behind the MetalloTek research

A new technology that promotes plant growth at mine sites previously unable to support any vegetation due to heavy metal soil contamination is being trialled by researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) with financial support from Xstrata...

14 March 2011

The University of Queensland expresses its deepest sympathy and concern to the people of Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast of Japan on Friday 11th March.

14 March 2011
UQ's premier grade rugby side sings the team song after a good win last season

UQ's top rugby team will play Sydney University in the Buildcorp Australian Club Championships later this month to determine which of the two clubs is the country's best.

9 March 2011

The world-renowned co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer, has been appointed chief executive of the new $345 million Translational Research Institute.

24 February 2011

UQ Academics and researchers can discover how to protect their intellectual property, commercialise their expertise, and leverage commercial research funding for publication opportunities at UniQuest’s upcoming annual research commercialisation...

23 February 2011

The University of Queensland supports students and staff whose friends or family may be affected by this week's New Zealand earthquakes.

23 February 2011

Sociology and Education at The University of Queensland have been identified as national leaders in their fields following the recently released Excellence in Research for Australia survey.

17 February 2011